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wosnes

What that man does sounds like an extreme example of calorie restriction. Google that -- there's tons of information.

wosnes

I agree with those who have said to buy some, but not a complete new wardrobe. My daughter has been going through this and she just buys a couple of things at a time.

I'd also suggest resale, consignment or thrift shops. There are some really good bargains -- sometimes garage sales, too.

wosnes

It's no wonder we're confused about what to eat -- and what to avoid. I received this article by Dr. Andrew Weil on Friday. This arrived Tuesday. If you want to get even more confused, or amused, read the comments to Weil's article. I think both of the doctors are at least partially right. Dr. Weil ...

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I agree with everyone else. The easiest thing you can do to improve the quality of your meals is: COOK! Even if you don't make "health food" the food will be healthier because when you cook you don't put artificial crap in it. I attribute part of my No S success to my increase in cooking meals. Not...

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My sister told me of a book called Overdosing America in which the recommendation is to determine the NNT (net number to treat) rather than look at a percent decrease, which can be dramatic especially with a small sample size. This is exactly what is descibed in wosnes' post above. I'm a stay at ho...

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Here's my question for all you pedometer wearers. This has been something I've tried and failed to do on many occasions. How the heck do you remember to put the thing on? Not remembering is my big issue. Denise -- I normally set my clothes out at night and I just put my pedometer in my pile. Since ...

wosnes

wosnes, Yes, there was! :D After reading that book, I've decided that if I can tolerate whole, organic milk (I tend to have problems with dairy), then I'll make the switch to whole milk. I also think I want to start using butter, instead of the Smart Balance buttery spread I'm using now. I used som...

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I found this some time ago: Lying with Statistics Your doctor may tell you that by treating your high blood pressure with drugs you will cut your risk of a stroke almost in half. You think, â€œIâ€™d be a fool to take that risk. If I donâ€™t take the pills I will certainly have a stroke and the medic...

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Among other rants in Fit for Life, Harvey Diamond says that man is the only animal that continues to drink milk after being weaned. Um, I guess, man is also the only animal that cooks food. I've read that in other sources, too. Then I remember that my cat drinks milk -- she drinks more than I do! S...

wosnes

How does one eat after the weight has been lost? Thanks for the information. I was just worried that I'd keep losing weight, after I reached my goal, if I continued on the plan. I think a lot of people stop losing before they reach what they THINK is their goal weight. You know, close, but maybe 5-...

wosnes

As I've read this post, I realize that I don't remember skim, or even 2% milk, when I was growing up. Only whole milk. I don't think I remember lower fat milk until the mid-1970s.

wosnes

I missed the Today Show today because of an appointment. I'd be grilling on some sort of indoor grill, though.

wosnes

Wosnes, You're right about the engineered foods! Were you the one who was talking about Nina Planck awhile back? I'm reading her book "Real Food" right now, and it's VERY interesting! It could have been me. It probably was me. Update: I was reading the reviews of Real Food at Amazon yesterday, espe...

wosnes

Cassie wrote:More like 7 or 8 hours for me between lunch & dinner & I hardly feel deprived

Same here!

wosnes

101 Fast Recipes for Grilling.

wosnes

Sadly, I also see a lot of parents putting their children on diets (the kids are not overweight) and forcing them to drink non-fat "milk" and use artificial sweetener in their beverages. I'm not so sure that they're putting them on diets as much as they're trying to keep them from gaining weight. T...

wosnes

The same way you ate while you were losing the weight. You don't do anything different to maintain than you did to lose.

wosnes

Snacking isn't "what", it's "when." Even though it was part of your lunch, it's snacking several hours later. Sorry!

However, there are times when situations like that can't be avoided. Just do what you have to do and move on.

wosnes

The diet margarine won't melt on hot toast. You know you're eating diet food when the food you eat has a chemical aftertaste. To me, the strangest thing about diet food is how "normal" we think it is. Not only that, it was designed to help us lose/control weight and/or help prevent heart disease and...

wosnes

In all the countries cited, the diets described are affordable - they are basically peasant diets. The misfortune for obese populations is the ingenuity of food manufacturers producing compellingly appetising poor food, designed to be eaten to excess. A few years ago there was an article in some ma...

wosnes

Grammy -- do you belong to Amazon Prime? If you order a lot from Amazon it's well worth the price. I usually select 2 day (free) shipping. Because they have two warehouses close to my location, things often arrive the next day.

wosnes

I tend to think it's not an addiction, but processed/manufactured foods are engineered to make us want more. This is from NBC Nightly News. This is why I think eating real foods is so important. Generally, you don't need to look at ingredients lists for what's been added to make you want more. What ...

wosnes

I tend to think it's not an addiction, but processed/manufactured foods are engineered to make us want more. This is from NBC Nightly News. This is why I think eating real foods is so important. Generally, you don't need to look at ingredients lists for what's been added to make you want more. What ...

wosnes

Batty, an S day is the perfect time to start -- you cannot fail on an S day.

wosnes

I found the source of this -- it's Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom, who is a regular contributor to The Today Show and also iVillage.com.

wosnes

I found this when I was cleaning my computer today. I have no idea who wrote it and no idea when or where it appeared. I thought it might be Mark Bittman in his blog for The New York Times, but I can't find it there. Sounds a little like Michael Pollan, too. Weight Loss Tips From Around the World [/...

wosnes

Welcome back! With regards to working 3rd shift and eating -- what are you doing now? It's hard to offer suggestions without a baseline!

wosnes

Welcome back and not only can you do this, but it will work. I'd give it longer than a month -- maybe 3 or even 6 months. This isn't a quick weight loss plan, but it's likely to be more sustainable weight loss. I think it's more sustainable because you don't do anything different to maintain the wei...

wosnes

This was on Michael Ruhlman's blog on Monday. Last night I was watching the NBC Nightly News and there was a segment about children and obesity. One of the kids said that he didn't know there was a low-fat ketchup. Neither did I -- since fat isn't generally used in ketchup! Update: This was linked ...

wosnes

I've found that a big breakfast -- no matter what type of food I eat -- has me eating all morning long. A big lunch -- again, no matter what type of food it is -- puts me to sleep. A big dinner leaves me craving dessert.

wosnes

Laura -- see what I just wrote here . (See the author's blog .) I also eat lunch about 1 PM and dinner usually isn't until sometime between 7 and 8. I'm rarely extremely hungry at dinnertime, in fact, sometimes I'm not hungry at all. But my lunch is a little more substantial than salad/veggies. I ty...

wosnes

I saw this earlier today. It confirms my suspicion that what they do isn't necessarily healthy.

wosnes

I'm reading Real Food Has Curves by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough. In it they encourage readers to keep a food journal -- not daily, but once or twice a month just to give you an idea of what you're eating and see trends, etc. They give an example and showed it to a nutritionist friend. This i...

wosnes

There's another option when it comes to weighing -- not at all/once a year at the doctor's office. It would be my preference followed by monthly. I'm weighing daily for medical reasons.

wosnes

Congratulations on 21 successful days!

Wait until you feel ready to tackle the S days. How long will it be? Who knows -- it doesn't really matter. You'll know when it's time. You'll also know when the N day habits are firmly in place. Sometime after that it will be time to tackle the S days.

wosnes

Interesting piece on the Today Show: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/ ... 6#37726086

Some have less calories and/or fat than they claim, some have significantly more.

wosnes

I spoke with Sara Baer-Sinnott, Gifford's partner and, since his death, president of Oldways, in hopes that she could offer some perspective. She explained that Gifford's heart attack most likely was due to a blood clot. He'd had a lot of those, she said, since having leg surgery decades ago. He ha...

wosnes

As far as I know, these issues didn't exist 60+ years ago when most of the food we ate was real food. They also don't seem to exist in areas of the world where little to no processed foods are consumed. The more processed foods in the diet, the more we eat, the fatter we get and the less healthy we ...

wosnes

The short answer is no. I think that the work is misused and overused Processed foods don't give us the satisfaction we need from what we eat either in terms of nutrients or emotional satisfaction. Here's something I posted about hunger some time ago. And here's a quote from Real Food Has Curves : ....

wosnes

I'm not big on cooking either, basically because our family is so busy all of the time. That is why I LOVE this article by Mark Bittman: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/dining/18mini.html?_r=1 Would work for lunches too. If you like that one, here's one for picnics , one for appetizers and here's...

wosnes

I haven't read this entire book yet, but I've read a sample on my Kindle. I'll probably buy the book next week. Here's a couple of videos from their blog from their book tour. Here's another video they did for Guideposts magazine. Here's more about the book . The seven steps are: 1. Learn the secret...

wosnes

wosnes, I'd be curious to know what kind of sauce you used, if any on your C & W's. Syrup is out, right? Did you make the waffles from scratch? The mixes I use are rather sweet even on their own. But maybe that is part of the magic with the salty fried chicken. Actually, I'm imagining the dish with...

wosnes

The planning to fail reminds me of this: whether you think you can or think you can't -- you're right. Concentrate on the habits first. You might find you need to eat more at meals initially to make it to the next meal without snacking. Don't get ahead of yourself. Later on you might want smaller pl...

wosnes

I haven't noticed women of a certain age (of which I am one) so much as I've noticed younger couples.

wosnes

Wait and see what happens.

Also, I know some others have switched to smaller plates. I don't see a need to use smaller plates to eat less. Just my 2Â¢ worth.

wosnes

Speaking of waffles.... Over the years I've heard about chicken and waffles and they were featured at a restaurant in Harlem visited by some host on the Food Network. Some of the people I used to work with raved about them, too. A few weeks ago I was making some fried chicken tenders and thought "wh...

wosnes

You all are lucky - my boyfriend is a natural No S'er and never craves anything - I really hate him sometimes! When I had to explain I was "going on" No S he was like "what's the big deal? Why is it so hard for you to eat 3 meals and no sweets?" :evil: It's really hard to feel support from someone ...

wosnes

Don't confuse the "best" with perfection -- they're not the same thing. Doing your best just means putting forth your best effort. I used to tell my kids to do their best in school. If that meant they got a C in some subject, so be it -- as long as they had done their best. Doing your best can chang...

wosnes

I eat chips sometimes, and crackers really aren't much different than chips. If you look at the ingredients list on regular chips -- not baked or low-fat -- chips may be healthier than crackers. Well, at least potato chips. The ingredients are only potatoes, fat and salt. No chemicals. Wosnes, I di...

wosnes

I think one of my most satisfying S Days was quite a while ago, when I bought myself a piece of Godiva cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory and shared it with my husband. Sooo delicious. I think I've said this before, but my daughter works at The Cheesecake Factory and we're all pretty sick of ch...

wosnes

When I saw the subject line of this post, a little lightbulb went off in my head. As I've mentioned before, I'm on disability due to Congestive Heart Failure. It makes it difficult for me to accomplish things -- I just run out of steam. When I saw this post, I realized I could do things for 14 minut...

wosnes

I can't think of anything specific that has brought me the most enjoyment or satisfaction. What I think is most satisfying is that I can eat anything without guilt. I can have that cheeseburger and fries on a random day and it's okay. Or, like over the weekend when I was testing some recipes, I can ...

wosnes

I think it's hilarious how the government is trying to regulate salt, fat, sodas - Hello, NONE of it is working! How about giving more subsidies to fruits and vegetables instead of milk and meat, for starters... And have the food pyramid say NO SNACKING. How about getting rid of the food pyramid, t...

wosnes

clarinetgal wrote:I eat chips sometimes, and crackers really aren't much different than chips.

If you look at the ingredients list on regular chips -- not baked or low-fat -- chips may be healthier than crackers. Well, at least potato chips. The ingredients are only potatoes, fat and salt. No chemicals.

wosnes

I was just browsing at Martha Stewart's Whole Living magazine site and found this. Much of it applies to No-S -- or anything else you're trying to achieve. I italicized those that I thought were most important for No-S. 10 Thoughts on Success Thriving Just as a seed contains all it needs to sprout, ...

wosnes

I agree with what KCCC and paulawylma said. When I make my own hot chocolate (or latte/cafe au lait), I use substantially more sugar than I would use in tea or coffee. However, it's still significantly less than there is in prepared beverages. I drink a lot of iced tea -- sometimes with lemon, but n...

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KCCC -- I agree. One of the foods that I now use regularly that I didn't before is butter! Butter makes food taste better. But like you say, that doesn't have so much to do with No-S as it does with changing habits and beliefs regarding food and food preparation. I've been baking bread regularly lat...

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What have I given up because they're snack foods and not meal foods? Honestly, I can't think of a thing. Crackers have always been either a meal food or a snack food -- now they're just a meal food. The same goes for chip and I try to buy the smallest size possible. I have saltines around all the ti...

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OT wrote:Just read a new post on Brad Pilon's blog that resonated with me-maybe it is ok to lose control now and again,just to give yourself a break and get back on track...

http://bradpilon.com/weight-loss/cheat-days/

Haven't read the article yet, but that's what S days are for.

wosnes

It sounds like another version of what I do, except that I don't routinely take the weekend days anymore.

wosnes

Well, I thought rhi opened the door for the calorie counts of the various drinks. I also don't see it as a rule, but information. I think maybe we need to be a little more aware of calories and/or portion sizes, though., especially us ladies. A lot of us are either losing slowly, aren't losing or ar...

wosnes

Welcome! My biggest concern is restaurant meals, which I tended to eat a lot when I was working - where I know they often pile multiple portions into a "single" plate. Does anyone have any specific strategies they use to combat this problem? Or does plating your own food "most" of the time lead you ...

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Suz, I want to reiterate what some of the others have said: YOU are not a failure. But so far, what you have been doing has failed to work for you. I think the biggest reason that some of us either fail to lose or gain on No-S is that we're still eating too much. I think that some of us make up for ...

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I do think about salt content because of my CHF. But, I just avoid processed foods and most restaurant food. I use salt in cooking and at the table (if needed). It's not so bad that some frozen meals have 25% of the RDA. It's bad that many have double (or more) of the RDA. One of the bad things abou...

wosnes

I try to read the books movies have been based on after I see the movie. I'm always disappointed in the movies. It's how the story has been adapted or who they cast in the parts. Which reminds me...I'm currently reading Julia Child's My Life in France . Love it! I had Julie and Julia but realized I ...

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I usually have one medium latte with skimmed milk from Starbucks everyday to tide me over between meals. I wonder now if that's too much? :? Maybe I should make it a small latte? I started to say "don't worry about it" but decided to check out the calories: Short (8 ounces) -- 70 Tall (12 ounces) -...

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Yes, coffee and tea, even with sugar added, milk, and juice are allowed between meals. Sugary drinks like sodas, most coffee drinks from Starbucks and similar places are not allowed. My small skimmed milk decaff cappucino from Starbucks isn't very different from a coffee that I'd make at home. Does...

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sheepish wrote: To some extent, also, I think it correlates to being a morning person/not being a morning person - morning people liking breakfast more.

I'm definitely a non-breakfast eating morning person. Even though I don't work any longer, I'm always up at 6 and often earlier.

wosnes

I never set a goal weight. I figured that if I was eating well my body would find the weight that was best. I'm older and taller than you. My "ideal" range is probably 120-130, but I feel best 5-10 pounds higher than that. So my advice would be to go for a weight where you feel well. I can't tell yo...

wosnes

I wonder if this might be yet another of those male/female differences? Not according to my ex-husband's behavior. He was even less likely to eat breakfast than I was. Black coffee only for him. I think all the studies are pretty much poppycock. I just did some research on typical breakfasts around...

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Wow, I hadn't thought of that ... but it's true. Some women would think about it, should they get pregnant and gain 50 pounds or more ???? It would be something to consider probably. What if you have a child .. gain 60 pounds then lose it within a year or two and then ... get pregnant again, gain a...

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I have a hard time respecting Jillian, period. I do NOT like the way she treats the folks she is suppose to be "helping". i sure wouldn't her "helping' me! I wouldn't either -- but that kind of motivation (?) does work for some people. I assume that the folks who want to be on Biggest Loser or her ...

wosnes

The Kingsolver book is Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. It's a good read -- I really enjoyed it. There was a lot about eating locally and seasonally that I'd not considered previously.

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Wosnes..I have been a fan of Stephanie plum but..I think she is getting to long -in-the-tooth to still be trying to decide between two men.. who both seem at bit juvenile, by the way. I don't think Stephanie has actually aged -- she's still early 30s and I know some still going through that. It jus...

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I lost the little respect I had for jillian when I read she won't get pregnant because of the weight gain! She said she was a heavy child and doesn't want to go thre again. hello!! real life calling!! pick up, Jillian, pick up! :cry: I read that there was a lot more to that interview than was publi...

wosnes

I just realized that when I tried to do No-S as written, it was a constant struggle for me. I managed to do it, but not easily. It was when I adapted it to suit myself that it got easy.

wosnes

but what about the "brekker is important" principle? is that also a myth then? I've never found breakfast to be an important meal. It's considered the least important meal in some other areas of the world (throughout the Mediterranean, for example). I've found that the more substantial my breakfast...

wosnes

My "criteria" for a sick-day S day: if I don't feel well enough to eat normally, it's an S day. When I have digestive upsets, I tend to want either salty things or sweet things. It's usually pretty simple stuff, but small amounts more often than usual.

wosnes

I just read Spoon Fed by Kim Severson. She's a food writer for the New York Times and writes about how 8 cooks influenced her: Alice Waters, Marcella Hazan, her mother, Rachael Ray, Marion Cunningham, Leah Chase -- and others that I can't remember right now. It also touches on her problems with alco...

wosnes

If you live in the US, technically tomorrow is an S day, too.

wosnes

Your post reminds me of a story I heard years ago. I'll repeat it to the best of my memory: Two men were having lunch. The first man said, "Peanut butter and jelly. Every day, peanut butter and jelly. I'm sick of peanut butter and jelly." The second man says, "Why don't you ask your wife to make you...

wosnes

Yes, coffee and tea, even with sugar added, milk, and juice are allowed between meals. Sugary drinks like sodas, most coffee drinks from Starbucks and similar places are not allowed.

wosnes

Regular milk is not a snack. In fact, it's one of the things you can have between meals. Chocolate milk is generally considered a sweet and/or snack. Would that mean that milk has to be had unsweetened? Because sugar in tea/coffee is allowed, so why not sugar in milk? Because there's a lot more sug...

wosnes

Regular milk is not a snack. In fact, it's one of the things you can have between meals. Chocolate milk is generally considered a sweet and/or snack.

wosnes

I've been interested in trying the bread from Great Depression Cooking . The video isn't exact about the ingredients, but the book is. It makes 6 loaves of bread. Not only do I not have six bread pans, I don't have the space to keep six loaves of bread! I cut the recipe by 2/3 and made 2 loaves. I c...

wosnes

I still haven't tried this bread or the Jim Lahey/Mark Bittman version from the New York Times. I found this version which seems even simpler to me: No-Knead Crusty White Bread. Lahey has also written a book.

wosnes

I've read that there's some speculation that part of the reason Greeks are so healthy is not only because of what they eat, but that there's so much fasting in the Greek Orthodox religion.

wosnes

I think you have to realize that you're not going to be able to eat all you want at a BBQ on an N day. You're going to have to choose what it is you really want -- or take very small servings to fill your plate. Virtual plating would also be an option.

wosnes

I just found this quote: â€œThe only time to eat diet food is while youâ€™re waiting for the steak to cook.â€ ~ Julia Child.

wosnes

I'm almost never hungry in the morning. I never have been -- and I doubt that I've been dehydrated my entire life. I do drink water in the morning and it doesn't do a thing to my appetite.

wosnes

Not true for me. I had always allowed some one else to determine my calorie deficit as I now understand it- whether that was WW, SB or even Nos. Additionally, I still get sticker shock with foods. Not as much as I did before but it still happens. Especially with healthy sounding items. I know for s...

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I'm glad the Fit for Life theories haven't proven a problem for you, wosnes - Diamond's recommendation that we eat nothing but fruit till noon and no fruit after that, was too punishing for a fruitivore like me. I've mentioned numerous times previously here that I'm not much of a breakfast eater. W...

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Here's the big secret about weight loss: however you decide to do it, it's got to be something you can do every day for the rest of your life. Otherwise as soon as you lose the weight and go "off" the plan, you'll start gaining again. Can you lose that amount of weight on No-S? Of course you can. No...

wosnes

I'd eat fruit after the meal as part of the regular plate.

Though some people swear by it, I don't think food combining, as Harvey Diamond writes about, has ever been proven to be the truth or anything near it. I've consumed my fruit at all the wrong times and never had a problem.

wosnes

it has to be easy because cooking complicated stuff is not likely to happen. thanks! There are any number of cookbooks that concentrate of food that is made from (at least mostly) real ingredients and aren't difficult or have many recipes that aren't difficult. Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything...

wosnes

also wosnes, i see you limit meat, and i want to do that also, what is your main protein source, i want to limit meat but can i just drink a milk with my meals to make up the protein? it has to be easy because cooking complicated stuff is not likely to happen. thanks! I think that's the first time ...

wosnes

I'm not KCCC, but I used to take oatmeal to work for breakfast. I packed the uncooked oatmeal and water in a container and cooked it in the microwave at work.

wosnes

Hunger between meals is perfectly healthy, unless you know you have a blood sugar issue. Hunger and low blood sugar aren't necessarily related. You can have low blood sugar and not be hungry. You can be hungry and not have low blood sugar. Most people who say they have low blood sugar issues 1) hav...

wosnes

I'm kind of surprised to see who that comes from. Did he not watch Jamie's Food Revolution regarding all the sugar in chocolate milk? Why not white milk? Zinzcenko is generally against all the added sugars in the diet.

I think it's another fad -- actually, bs is more like it.

wosnes

One thing I don't think No-S addresses well is that we all need different amounts of calories. For some folks that may require seconds (either a second plate/bowl or second servings). I'm a smaller, older, less active woman. I need somewhere between 1300-1500 calories daily and that easily fits on o...

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